two cents
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Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, colloquial) One's opinion or thoughts.
- Synonyms: (UK) two pennies' worth, (UK) tuppence worth, (UK) two penn'orth
- That's just my two cents, you can believe what you like.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, idiomatic, colloquial) A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
- Synonym: (UK) farthing
- That car won't last a week, it's not worth two cents.
Usage notes
[edit]- Two cents and two cents' worth have displaced native two pennies' worth in England even though the cent is not a unit of currency there.
Derived terms
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[edit]one's opinion
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worthless amount
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